History of Park City

The American West has a rich and colorful past. Park City’s heyday as a bustling mining town holds an important place in the annals of the western experience. There’s silver in these hills! The discovery of rich silver veins in 1868 in the hills above what is today Park City,…

Park City, Utah is part of the eastern region of the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains known as the Wasatch Back. “Wasatch” is a Ute Indian word that means “mountain pass” or “low pass over high range.” Park City has evolved from a turn-of-the-century mining town into a…